Harvard Art Museums > 1943.50.548.B: Jade Disk with Pattern of Plastic Curls Ritual Implements Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Jade Disk with Pattern of Plastic Curls , 1943.50.548.B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/204832. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.50.548.B Title Jade Disk with Pattern of Plastic Curls Other Titles Alternate Title: pi Classification Ritual Implements Work Type disk Date 4th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/204832 Physical Descriptions Medium Translucent, light greenish gray nephrite with brown and rust-colored markings Dimensions Diam. 13.8 x Thickness 0.4 cm (5 7/16 x 3/16 in.) 130 g Published Text Catalogue Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Authors Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber Publisher Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975) Catalogue entry no. 395 by Max Loehr: 395 Disk with Pattern of Plastic Curls Very Similar to No. 394, and possibly from the same chunk of jade. The perforation here is slightly wider. Late Eastern Chou. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.50.548.B Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber, Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, Fogg Art Museum, 1975)., cat. no. 395, p. 268 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
